I keep playing back the clip of Stephen referring to it by its Hungarian name, and I haven’t the foggiest at how to spell it it appears that he was attempting to say “Hideg Meggyleves“. Anyhow, here’s one blogger’s recipe: Monday, July 18, 2005 Hungarian Cold Sour Cherry Soup by Annamaria Kovacs 1 24 oz. [...]
I would have called it the “Coalition of the Thrilling.”
April 11, 2007 By
OR The tour will be called “Def to America”, but MC Rove will not be the opening act on our tour. Phew! Thanks to Ms Interpreted, we now know that the name of Hungarian Ambassador András Simonyi’s band is “Coalition of the Willing.” I am still laughing over that. In case you missed the link [...]
Forget the Nobel Peace Prize, I want one for “shredding axe.”
April 11, 2007 By
Who would have thought that András Simonyi, the Hungarian Ambassador to the U.S., would be such a wicked guitar warrior? I too was as shocked as Stephen’s audience when he came back on TCR to defend his country’s ability to rock like any other freedom-loving country. For those of you interested in some background behind [...]
Episode 3046 (04/10/07)
April 10, 2007 By
“Turn-offs? Phony people. Turn-ons? People who watch my program. And sex.“ Rad Medicine: Young people are choosing to live without health insurance, and I’m not just talking about my staff. The Word: Hip Replacement Wailing Walls: Author Jeannette Walls discusses her memoir (The Glass Castle) about growing up with homeless parents. The bright side? At [...]
CALLING ALL HUNGARIANS!
September 27, 2006 By
Faithful reader Hungirl has tipped me off to a news article about the Hungarian bridge, but it needs to be translated. Can someone be super kind and translate this for this blog’s readers in the Comments section below? Megyeri híd lesz a Colbert híd 2006. szeptember 27., szerda 11:52
Hungarian Ambassador András Simonyi’s Visit to The Colbert Report
September 16, 2006 By
Hungarian Ambassador András Simonyi was on The Colbert Report this Thursday, and this is what the Hungarian Embassy’s site has to say about the event: Hungarian Ambassador in the Colbert Report September 15, 2006 Ambassador András Simonyi was the guest of Stephen Colbert in Comedy Central’s Colbert Report last night. The Hungarian Government launched an [...]
Episode 2114 (9/14/2006)
September 14, 2006 By
“If you only watch one Comedy Central show in the next half hour, make it this one. This is The Colbert Report!” My White Friend Allen: Reporting gossip, George “Macaca” Allen’s “Ethnic Rally”, Hungarian Bridge update, Hungary’s ambassor to the United States, András Simonyi (Hungary Man, Hungary Hungary Hiplomat) Waste Of Space: Tip of the [...]
The Stephen Colbert Bridge – VOTING IS OVER!
September 8, 2006 By
Voting seems to be over for the voting for the Hungarian bridge, and here’s the votes as they stand currently: Stephen Colbert híd 93163 [25%] Jon Stewart híd 85171 [23%] Zrínyi híd 83966 [23%] Eötvös híd 37042 [10%] Perl-Script híd 17354 [5%] Chuck Norris híd 15363 [4%] Whoo hoo! We seem to be in the [...]
Apparently Hungarians Have Discovered Perl Scripts
September 3, 2006 By
For those of you keeping track, here’s the latest in the Hungarian Bridge naming contest: Stephen Colbert híd 90519 [31%] Zrínyi híd 83586 [29%] Jon Stewart híd 58496 [20%] Perl-Script híd 12211 [4%] Pató Pál híd 11833 [4%] And there’s been an interesting entry edit for the Northern_M0_Danube_bridge Wiki entry in the past day or [...]
Hungarians chime in on bridge – Part II
August 24, 2006 By
Here’s some interesting comments I’ve recently received. This first one deals with the request in an earlier post today about wanting to know about why one political party would ask the leader of another political party to resign because they found Stephen Colbert’s brige naming plan funny: Name: Szocske | Date: August 24, 2006 As [...]